Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Laccaria tortilis

Facts
Scientific Name: 
Laccaria tortilis
Cap Diameter (mm): 
0.5 -15
Stem Height (mm): 
.01-10
Stem Diameter (mm): 
0.1-0.2
Information
Description: 
Found on bare wet ground ,heavy clay type soil alongside a ditch covered with stunted gorse/hawthorn and other low growing shrubs.
Cap: 
Pinky brown ,depressed with wavy margin
Flesh: 
Thin and pinky brown
Gills: 
Distant,pink adnate with decurrent tooth.
Stem: 
very short and wooly at base concolorous with cap fibrous and hollow ring absent.